# Uterus or ovary surgery, non-cancer (hospital stay): what Independence Blue Cross pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for non-cancer surgery on the uterus or ovaries, such as a hysterectomy.

- Insurer: Independence Blue Cross
- Billing code: 743 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-08-31
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 2 | $14,198.40 | $14,907.10 | $15,615.81 | $16,324.51 | $17,033.21 |  |  |
| New Jersey | 26 | $4,956.00 | $12,610.00 | $20,477.22 | $27,018.97 | $36,207.17 |  |  |
| Pennsylvania | 72 | $4,286.00 | $13,448.14 | $16,044.17 | $17,685.70 | $27,204.19 | $12,238.54 | 1.3x Medicare |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/independence/statemap_743_US.html  
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